The Crows have recalled Tyson Edwards – who missed last week with an ankle injury – and ruckman Ivan Maric.
Maric comes in to replace the injured Matthew Clarke (achilles) while Hayden Skipworth has been omitted and joins Jason Torney and Jason Porplyzia as emergencies.
Starting on the bench for the Crows will be Maric, Kris Massie, Chris Knights and Martin Mattner.
Meanwhile, Kevin Sheedy has wielded the axe at Windy Hill and has omitted three players ahead of Friday's game.
Angus Monfries, Courtenay Dempsey and Joel Reynolds have all been dropped with Damien Peverill, Jay Nash and Henry Slattery gaining senior call ups.
Nash – who has been named to start on the forward line - will play his first senior game this year while Peverill and Slattery will both play their sixth.
Jason Laycock, Ricky Dyson, Mark Bolton and Patrick Ryder will all start on the bench while the three omissions in Monfries, Dempsey and Reynolds have been named as emergencies.
ADELAIDE v ESSENDON
Friday, 8:10pm ACST, AAMI Stadium
ADELAIDE
B: Johncock, Rutten, Bassett
HB: Doughty, Stevens, van Berlo
C: McLeod, Goodwin, Burton
HF: Thompson, McGregor, Reilly
F: Bode, Ricciuto, Hentschel
FOLL: Biglands, Edwards, Shirley
I/C: Massie, Maric, Knights, Mattner
EMG: Skipworth, Torney, Porplyzia
IN: Edwards, Maric
OUT: Clarke (achilles), Skipworth
NEW: -
ESSENDON
B: Bradley, Fletcher, Solomon
HB: McPhee, M.Johnson, Lovett-Murray
C: Winderlich, Stanton, Peverill
HF: Slattery, Lucas, Heffernan
F: Welsh, Johns, Nash
FOLL: Hille, McVeigh, Watson
I/C: Laycock, Dyson, Bolton, Ryder
EMG: Monfries, Dempsey, Reynolds
IN: Peverill, Nash, Slattery
OUT: Monfries, Dempsey, Reynolds
NEW: -
Field umpires: Chamberlain, Ryan, Woodcock